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J CASKET, Editor and Proprietor.
OFFICE -Washington Street, Third Door South of Jackson.
TERMS One Dollar and Fifty Cents in AdTante
VOL. 6.
MLLLERSBURG, HOLMES COUNTY, OHIO, THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 1862.
NO. 34.
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DBS. BOMIV & BIGIIAM,
PHYSICIANS & SURGEONS,
' MIIitiERSBTJRG, O.,
CiT'OiBee Ii the room formerly occupied by Dr. Irrine
March M.Sfl.
S. It. CRAWFORD, M. I.
P&ysician and Snrgeon,
Office en Mala ft, form rlj occupied bjDoclorElright
3TXRG-, OHIO.
DB. V. W. BUYEVGEII,
Physic
ician and Surgeon,
MXDDIErrOAVTSr. o.
Professional calls promptly attlended to.
Sept. 12, 1861.
DE3STTI STEY.
J E. ATKINSON
la Merskr- : Agais, j
TiEArjY. WILLING AND WAITING to wsr-
Jtvform all operation! in his line with neatness and
in ue laiesi tiyje.
rOfflc over Zllulranc's inporiam.
October 24, 1S61 nlOtf
J- P. AiiB AX,
DEN-T 1ST,
Arlificial teeth in
serted on Gold.
Silvi'.r. Vulcanite fc
j? Porcelain base.
s Teeth Extracted ,
S Cleaned or filled.
Satisfaction warran
ted. Office a few doors west of Weston's Saloon.
ITct.SS, 1860.-3-1.
bexjahkj con.v,
Of Every Description,
OOItr OFJACKSOX & WASU1GTONSTS..
MIMKKSBTJltG, O."
CASKEY &. IXGItES,
MULEUS IX
BOOKS & STATIONERY,
3'lillerslixrc:. OHio.
PXiAIW z FASCY
OF ALL LIXDS, KEATLT EXECUTED
JDLVTHIS OFFICE.
- .JFOK SAIjE.
Jfc C.ORWORK, at the JiillcrsboTrg anncry
. hare a
DUGGY AND BUFFALO WAGON,
For sale verr cheap.
January 31, 3861 2Jtf
TO THE 1'UBIjIC.
A"WAITS, hiring purcbawdTVorley and
. JudouB improved Sewing Machine, is still on
Ixand to wait on the public in his line in the way of a
am also ajent for said Machine, and can recom
zoeadit as the best now in use, for all purposes.
CALL AND SEE IT OPERATE.
AboreJno. Carey's Auction Room.
Sept. 20,ft60.-n5m3. " A. TVaITS.
HERZEB & SPEIGLE, .
SCCCESSOSS TO
E. STEIjVBACIIEK & CO. j
jprobucc & commission
Dealers in
FIcar, Grain, Mill Sluff,Sait risb, WKte and Water Lime,
3?T7ICBCASETRS OTP
Wheat, Rye, Corn, Oats, Seeds, Dried
Fruits, Butler, Eggs, Wool, ;.
. K y 1.1S614I:LLERSBURG'
BASER & WHOLF,-
-Forwarding slid Commission
AXP DKALEES IX
SALT FISH, PLASTEB, WHITE
AND WATER LME.
PURCHASERS OF
J3XOUR, WHEAT, RYE, CORN, OATS
CLOVER AND TIMOTHY SEED,
ALSO,
Butter, Eggs, Lard, Tallow and all kinds
of Dried Fruits.
"---xSAEEHOOSK, 1IILLERSBUEG, 0.
Sept. 18, !& 4tl
New Tailor Shop.
MESSRS. HENDERSON & JACObS res
pectfully inform those wanting clothes
Jnade that they have taken the room immediate
Sjvover Jlolvane 's Srore.where'thpy are
j Prenaretl to give Fits
at all times and at reasonable prices. Their
long experience in tne business enniues mem
to guarantee satisfaction. Fashion Plates reg
ularly received.
HENDERSON" fc JACOBS.
Willershurg, Octl,lK61
1
iXE doorWestfroia J: Hnlrne8 store, in the room
Ayfonneriyftccnpled as PofJ Office, where the under
fifoed U prepared to do all kinds of work In hisllnees-
JPIhc City Sewed Work.
a manner as not ta.he "excelled westof tbeAlle-
fes. WOBK. WARRANTED, and done on rea-
irrmi.
A TT? T"Nrr done neat&nd on short
PXi BJ haTeonhaudfcasajreiit. a jot of homemade
Tnd eastern Boots andShoea which for readrnar I will
3jftt oh such terms that you caotfotfailto bar, Please4
iaeni
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jnbsticr.
rTi "J xne once, ana can soonv JTr-, .u.uu iA.
tss1blL!fi3JUf!! 'OIL!!!
I.N'G. hidconiiiderible experience lathe oITdq'
bdjersonsJlj, we are prepared to make'atlthe
nagfe)Ie, and'pompins oil, and onr
(-ij'id iD-'re jord to pbrer,-or fuel need to
bnshtXOMFETITION
do ? JUye or prlceyre-male engine!
WftUlT (jHibr AI; BARKETT 4 CO.
11' w CHEAPEST,
jaa?. -'leiirarg, fli taleat tbe
UE.
7 Dollars
Poetry.
The Soldier's Little Daughter.
BY MRS. M. A. DENNISON.
The night was stormy, dark and cold;
My way led through the city,
AVhere wretched building, gray and old,
Seemed stained with tears of pity.
Few were the cheerful sounds I heard,
v No laughter-wild and free;
But once the sweet Toice of a bird
Piped up and plained to me.
A little bird unblessed with wings.
Her dark,"sad eye all tearful;
Ah I God, to see such tender things
Out in the slorm, is fearful.
And thus she plained "Ob! stranger hear;
I nerer begged before;
But mother has been dead a year,
And father has gone to war.
And yesterday the work gave out
By which 1 earned a penny;
Last night I had a crust of bread;
To night I havn't any.
And I am very hungry, sir,"
I brought her bread to spare
Then up into the old gray house
Climbed by tbe broken stair.
A tremulous light threw shadows long
Over the cheerless room;
Oh, childhood-shrined in deathless song.
Are such your spots of bloom?
"Jly name is Nelly Grover, sir,
lly father loved "it dearly;
And is it true as people say
The war is ended nearly?"
T was strange, but as she spoke, I chanced
To look my paper over;
And there 1 rcad-"sbot thro' the heart
A private, William Grover."
Oh! awful bourl can I forget
Her teara.hcr broken sobbing
TJie little heart I pressed to mine
With bitter anguUh'throbbing!
And as the light grew dimmer
And the wild cries fainter fell.
Unto my soul there came a voice,
J marked its cadence well.
I sleep beneath the traitor's sod
I died fir liberty;
I gave my spirit unto God
ATy little child to thee.
Teach her to hold as sacred trust,
Herpatriot falbcr's'doom;
Teach licr to pray that from his dust
Freedom's fair-flowers may bloom." "
Thus to my home, most tenderly,
With loving words I brought her;
Ah! only death could tear from ma
The suldier's little daughter.
Miscellaneous.
AFTER THE BATTLE.
BY DAISY HOWARD.
Tbo night-shadows were gathering over
the blood-stained field. The moon wr.s
raising slowly and majestically from be
yond the gray hills, and melbought she
bad grown colder and paler since looking
upon tbe sad sight. Hours had passed
since the battle, and yet there was hurry
ing to and fro; surgeons staunching the
life-blood that was flowing from brave
hearts; musTcians carrying the wounded off
the field; servants running hither and
thilhcr.
The enemy were routed ; but ah ! at what
a fearful cost! The blood of noble men
flowed like water. Blood ! 0 God ! could
it be blood that was flowing in such mad
profusion? The life-blood welling from
th brave hearts we women hold so infi
nitely more precious-than the crimson cur
rent that keeps our own life-clock moving.
Could it be blood ? Did a part of it flow
from the noble, tender hearts we" loved.
Oh! no, no! we were but -dreaming.
That would be too bitter an agony would
strike the iron to too many hearts.
"Our.darling! -Father, if it be possible,
let the cup pass from me," has been the
prayer of many and many a heart.
Sadly the surgeons and the ministers of
God passed to and fro.- One poor fellow
was lying with both legs broken, and an
ugly wound in his head. He had bound
one end of a crimson scarf about his bleed
ing head, the other he held pressed to his
lips. Did not the daintily-embroidered
scarf tell its own story ? Was it not tbe
parting gift of his lady-love? Else, why
should he press it so lovingly to histale
lips?
"Jack, ray poor' fellow you are going
"fast."
It was the voice of the surgeon.
"Yes, doctor, the road is growing dark.
It lias already passed from the sunlight in
to the glooming. But it is my Father
let Him do as seemeth Him good."
He raised himselt to almost n silting
posture, but fell back heavily, the blood
flowing from his mouth.
"0 Jack, poor boy !"
And tho doctor knelt down and wiped
the blood from his lips. Tho fast glazin'g
'eyes looked up.
r "It Is almost over, doctor."
"Almost'over, Jack."
"My money: will you see that it is sent
to mother; and my white horse by bon
nie steed I want Gerlhude Lynn to have
it. We were to have been married in the
autumn."
Tbo shrill .neigh of a horse reached the
dying m'star.
" "It is 'Lady White,' doctor; she misses
.her master,"- he. feebly articulated.
There was a fuw moments silence, and
then tho "dying soldier said:
"Good-byo, doctor, j'm going. Send
the horse and my snshto .Girlie Lynn."
Over dead ,nnd dying soldieis tho. doctor
trod gently nnd carefully, and where ever
be found ono who was breathing his last
moments away, unci red for, there be stop
ped; Over statelyfbeads, that in the morn
ing bad borne thoir plumes proudly giv
ing a drink of water to one, binding up tbe
wounds of another.' - -Sf
"My God, general! you here!" -
"Yes doctor; I'm ordered -off. :I have
already received my papers,- nnd must o
bey marching orders, but I know in whom
I trust. Tell Helen I wns not afraid when
I stood in tho swelling of Jordan."
His calmness gave' way at tho mention
of--his wife's untno, and his great breast
beared. ,
"Oh that dear Helen and our children !
Who will care for them?"
" 'Leave thy fatherless children to me,
and I will preserve them alive, and let
thy widows trust in me.' These are words
of comfort, Hermand; the words may not
be quoted just right, but tho matter is
there."
"True, my friend I will trust them to
Him. But why are you here, wandering
over the field."
'Ob! there are enough of them over
yonder, and I know there aro many brave
fellows lying out yet. I have already
found you and Jock L .
"But, doctor, tbe victory is ours."
"I knew it; but how many precious lives
are lost! Jaow many, we cannot even
guess at till daylight comes. I have a
message from Why, Hermand ! what is
it! Where is your pain? Speak Her
mand, dear Hermand. My God! he is
gone.
r-
On the banks of tbo river another
wounded. soldier lies. Alas! and alas! his
life-blood is flowing faster than its waters.
Beside him kneels the chaplain of his reg
iment and one or two brother-officers. The
voice of prayer, rises up to heaven in be
half of the dying man.
"Raise my head a little higher, George."
"You know mo Louis ! You are better
now. Can you see what I hold up before
Yout A letter from home! I can see
to read it to you by the moonlight."
"Tbo late comarade. I can see nothing
now but tho star-gemmed sky and my
Father's face.
His bead turned restlessly from side to
side, and his eyes gleamed with that fatal
brilliancy preceeding dclerium. From his
lips fell, in broken murmurs, snatches of
song and passages of Scripture; and then
passionate love-words and pleadings.
"George, are you there? It's wretched
ly datk. I wonder if the day will nccr
dawn ?, dark ; dark !
"I am here, Louis; shall I "
'Get a light, George, quick. The foe
will be upon us in an hour, nnd the blood
stains' are not off my sword yet. I will
brighten it up for another tilfwith them.
Oh, I cannot rise, I believe. I am strange
ly weak and weary."
"Why did you Dot have him carried to
tho hospital; Colonel ?"
"The doctor said nothing could be done
for him, -and I did not want to disturb
him."
"George, the day is breaking."
"0; God' doctor, he is dying!"
"Dying, George ! you are crazy, man !
I am only tired. Oh, so tired. I guessl
will sleep soon. Here, Geordie, you polish
up my sword. Don't set those clumsy
rascals Pete nndTom, at it it was fath
er's sword, you know!"
Tbe eyes closed and the restless hand
was still for a little while.- The friend at
his side could no longer restrain bis tears.
"Is there no hop?, doctor !"
"None, Colcnel; would to God I could
save him !"'
The moon shone full upon the dying
soldier nnd upon the pale, sad group of
watchers. Paler and paler grew tbe wbito
boyish hiow; fainter and fainter the beat
ing of his heart. The rich chestnut curls
that, in the morning hnd clustered' above
his white brow now lay dampened and
darkened by the blood that was flowing
from a wound in the head.
"Has he many friends, colonel.?!!
"A mother and two sisters; his father
fell at Uontery."
"He is not married, then? I fancied he
was, lrom often soenjr him gaze upon the
picture of a "beautiful woman. 1 got a
glimpse of it once when he was sick."
"He is betrothed to my sister. U Mil
dred ! I promised to bring him home safe
to you again !" and ihe soldier wept like
a little child.
The surgeon laid his hand tenderly upon
the bowed head.
"Do not grieve, man; it is God's will.
Come let us pray."
"I cannot pray, doctor; I am not fit.
You pray, for Gods sake! If it would do
any good, I would weary Heaven with my
prayers:
(Jnce more they kneeled beside Inm.
Tfb change, only tho white brow more j
clammy tho pale bands growing cold.
"Oh, if 1 ouly had him at home!
The closed eyes flew open.-
"Homo! Who speaks of home! Come;
let us go; 'they miss ma at home.' And
Millie, she pines .for me! Dear Mildred!
I expect she has wept ail the blue out of
her glorious eyes. I will soon see you,
Millie, and you, dearest ofmolhers! 1 am
almost horoe. Hark! The tinkle of cow
bells creep upon my e"ar. I hear the bay
ing of dogs in tbe distance. It sounds
like music. Pshaw! how foolish I am!
It is only tho reveille."
-'
"There was blood flowing like water
I remember it, now an- men wounded
and dying; there was mu;n confusion, and
many prayers I remember, now."
"Poor fellow! more precious blood than
his own has not been spent this day."
"Blood! Ha, ha! You aro mistaken,
comarade; it is wine, wine! tbe red nectar
of the vintage, pressed upon the banks of
the Rhine." ''
A few moments of quiet,' and then that
inexplacable something that we have all
seen settled about bis mouth.
"Oh doctor? is be gone?"
"Not -very-far from tho other shore.
God-be with him !"
A slight quiver, a spasmodic duelling at
tho throat, and tbe soldier lay dead.
That day a dispatch went off:
"Meet me at ten o'clock to- morrow' night."
"George."
When the cars entered the dopotinN
, a'bright faco was raised to Col. M'
for a kiss.
"Why Mildred, what docs this mean?
This is no placo'foryou."
"I knew it, brother; but I was so anx
ious. Whero is Louis? I heard ho was
wounded.
"Come with jnejntearest. This . is no
place foryou."
'Whero is Louis, brother." -c
"Your head is uncovered, dear. Whero
of
to
of
Is your bonnet!'
"Ob, I hadn't time, George; I used this
shawl, drawing a shining casbmere over
her shining hair. "Where is Louis!
Without answerinr, the brother called
a carriage and took her home; and there
the sad tale was unfolded which we have
given vou above a tale which clouded the
life of that fur young girl forever.
Success of the Mortars.
The test of the mortars at Island No,
10 has been very satisfactory. They are
the largest guns of the kind in the Ameri
can service, and have from tbo beginning
worked admireably. The angle of farcing
for long distances found to be most effec
tive is forty-live degrees, which, with
charge of twelve and a half pounds of pow
der, will send the mammoth shell two to
three miles. Charges as high aj thirty
pounds have been fired at a lower eleva
tion, without, however, materiallr increas
ing tbe distance. It is demonstrated that
these mortars, large as they are, cannot
contain powder enough to burst them.
The charge of tbe shells, which measures
three feet in circumference, is seven pounds
of powder, and the report they give forth,
even at tbe distance of three miles, louder
than that of ordinary 6-t-pounders. Of
the manner of working the mortars, their
reports, &., a recent letter from tbe Meet
says:
Two of these mortars are now on the
Missouri shore and four others near the
point. They are worked in gangs, who
are on duty six hours in the twenty four,
and unless specially engaged, fare once eve
ry half hour. The gunners are taken to
the boats by the little lugs, and returned
to their quarters a mile up tho river, after
their "watch has expired.
Tbe explosion of these huge engines I
have snoken of before as the best describ
ed by tho adjective tereific. To one at a
distance fiom them, especially in the line
of fire, ihe report is something appalling,
and we are confidently told luey can ba
distinctly heard at a distace of fifty miles.
When standing near the mortar, however,
the noise is not so loud, but the concus
sion is such as to shatter every nerve in
one s body, and actually startle the solder
in" of the steam pipes of one steamer when
'lying alongside durning the fireing. Some
interesting facts are lold concerning tbe
tremendous draught created by the vacum
of the discharged mortars. Pieces ef cloth
ing have been broughufrom a distance in
to tho boat, and yesterday morning the
metal button from the jacket of one of the
gunners, was broken clean from the stem
and sucked into the mortar, where it was
found immediately afterward. Several
men have been knocked down by the wind
though standing fifty yards away from the
piece when filed.
Tho mortnrs have made a complete cir
cu.t around the point, and have had Ihe
effect of making it tolerably risky for any
rebel craft to appear within two miles'of
the point at which they lay anchored.
Capt. Wheelock was lucky enough to put
three sucessive shots into the higher bat
tery, one of which struck down the flag.
Rebel Refinement.
A correspondent' of tho If. Y. Times,
writing after a visit to Centerville and
Manassas, says:
iVe ransacked the rebel quarters fur
hours, pickin:Jiri-trotlj"i.3, ud leaning in
teresting correspondence of the fair daugh
ters of Secessia. Johnny rarkse, ot Unon,
Ala., seemed to be a particularly highly-
favored youth, and we fear was playing
double with the maids' of Orion. Many
were the claims to his affections, as attested
by divers epistolary documents. Urgent
requests for '-one of old Abe's ears,"or for
a"Yankee scalp," were among tho most
commcn of demands from the tender-hearted
damsels of Dixie. One amiable Miss
acknowledged tbe receipt of a letter which
her valiant correspondent had asserted was
writen with "Yankee biood," and regerted
much that it bad nbt been Lincoln's.
Many documents were left for the perusal
our boys. One of them read:
"If any dammed Yankee should occupy
this hut, I would inform him that it hnd
cost me much labor, andomo-money. I
hav'eliad a good time of it, and in order.
that you may have ino same, 1 leave tor
your amusement two ribs of a Mew York
Fire for aastinels. Yours,
JIM FERGUSON."
At tho entrauce of a circular fort was
placed a common board coffin, with the
rather unpleasaut invitation to "Walk in !
Plain Talk Wo clip tho following
paragraph from the report of a speech by
the Hon, Emerson ElEeridge in Nash
ville.
Mr. E hero desired to tell the peoplo of
Nashville a plain truth you have got to
live in the Union with your niggers if
you will without them if you will. The
Union is worm more that all the seces
sionists and niggers in tho world. At the
begining of this rebellion, President Lin
coln, asked you to lay dawn your arms.
You refused. Ho called for 75,000 men
enforce the laws, and contrary to the
Constitution, you forced an nllianco with
the traitors. In alluding to slavery he in
timated that he was not certain Tennessee
might not desire to see it abolished. "Tho
civilized world denonnced it long ago."
Secesh Mortal Remains.
our troops ¬
ries at Cockpit and. Shipping Point on the Po
tomac, the boldiers. of tbe Massachusetts first
camo aciosswhatappeared to be a rebel grave
yard. The graves, says a correspondent of tho
uoion uracaer, werciam out in rows wiui
walks between, cnrelnlly labeled and contain-
Eatuetlaic remonstrances against disturbing
e reuose of the dead and violating the san
ctity of the the tomb, to that suspicions were
engendered that the sacred dead might be
brougnt to lile again, ana made to see little a
moro service under the. sun.
Spades and Bbovelslwcre accord inElvbroueht
fhju requisition, and speedily were exbumcd, not
me Domes ot dcpnrtea conieaenu.es, nut num
bers of nice new tents, packages of clothing,
mess chests, furnished with all tho appliances
modern cookery, trunks of various nrlicles.
tools, etc., etc. The grave-diggers were com
plimented for the success of tfieir first sacrile
gious experiment, and recommended to try
again. .
Secesh Mortal Remains. [From the New York Illustrated News.]
A NEW LINE OF
The Purchase and Sale of Infants
in the New York Baby Market.
Into tbe world tre came Ule fthips,
Launched from the docks,and stocks, and slips,
For Fortune fair orfatal;
And one little craft is cast away
In its rerj- first tr p in Babbicome Bar,
While another rides safe at Tort XataL
HOOD.
There is an old saying "One half of the
world does not know how the other half
obtains a livelihood," and as the reader
scans the annexed advertisement, and as
his mind seizes the aim and object of the
establishment which, is thus brought into
public notice, by the assistance .of one o
the New York dailies, he will admit tbo
truth of the aphorism
"Children taken for adoption, and chil
dren adopted out for homes, lhree chil
dren, from one year to twenty months old
wanted, at No. , street, New York."
So, come with me to No. , street
New York. Let us, together, visit the
Babv Market of Gotham. Do not tlart
at the phantom. There may be good even
in the heart of a buyer and seller of
white baby slaves! There may be, in
this white slave mart, the means of pre
venting white baby murder! Ihe baby
market of New York cannot be much
worse than tbe tanks which supply Phila
delphia with fresh water, and serve as the
tomb of five hundred babies in a vear!
Can it be ? Let us see.
The house is respectable. Look!
small servant girl keen, sharp and agile,
as a cat-iu twilight opens the door to
us.
"Please, gentlemen, wajjc into the par
lor, till Missus gets done spanking Napo
leon."
Ah, you look at me with wonder! and
n little comic smile sadly plays with your
philosophic melancholy. .Let us enter tho
parlor. There is nothing to tell us that
wo aro in a slave market! Nothing indi
cates tbe occupation of the owners of these
rose-wood lounges yet, the statue of Cu
pid, painted black, which fills a conspicu
ous station in the parlor, suggests some
strange reflections.
Hush ! women are taking leave of each
other. Lislen has the mother sold her
pliild ? or has a stranger purchased a
foundling? JNo matter. Ibo tones are
kindly nnd gentle, indicating that culture
of the voice and manner which isobtained
only in good society. Heigho! Pisb,
man, why do you sigh, do you think the
poor are the only, criminals ?
Ihe mistress of the establishment enters.
She is a portly woman, of thirty or there
abouts; handsome, well dressed, keen
eyed, unblushing and resolute. Has she
saved herself from a life of immortality,
for a career of kindness, usefulness and
profitable philanthropy ? That secret, is
not for you or me God must judge.
fane speaks; 'a rich voice, lull ot deep
melody, exercises over us the spell of au
thority. "You are looking for a baby, sir. Male
or female ?
"Male."
I see your faco in the mirror you are
ruminating on -the chance of 'obtaining a
"Dear Babbit, or the possibility of becom
ng tho lawful owner of one of tbe "Up
per-Tendom-
Madame's eye is fixed on me, and I dare
not smile, except in polite deference as the
lady speaks.
"If you want something very nice 1
think I have the vary baby that will suit
you. Mary! tinier Alary. "Unngoown
Brooklyn Heights."
The lady reads our unuttered thought.
Brooklyn Heights! Macbeth and Dunsi
nane! and she answers them:
"You see, gentlemen, I have so I'm
obliged to give them all characteristic
Dames, something suggested by, or associ
ated with their history. It saves confu
sion, and an easy way of keeping the rec
ord. How many bavo 1 on band f let me
see eighteen eight males and ten fe
males, of all ages between three weeks
nnd twelve months.. Do I never have
them younger? Oh yes, a day old, if ne
cessary. In tact, 1 sometimes buy ttiera,
as the merchants say, "to arrive."
"Do you ever tell their parentage?
At this question Madame looks a per
fect sphynx of reticence.
"Oh, yes, they are all my own, because
I bought 'em. The instant a child enters
that door it loses, father and mother and
becomes my property."
"Do parents ever come to reclaim chil
dren when they aro sold and away?"
"lienllemen, every occupatlou lias lis
objections, and my own is not exempt; but
I have neither lime nor inclination to re
count them now."
At this juncture, a faint cry from abovo
stairs is heard, and Mnry approaches, bear
ing in triumph Brooklyn Heights, a small
rather fat baby, with ahead wonderfully
and fearfully made.
"Now, there s a baby for you.
But Brooklyn Heights is not altogether
sstisfactory to either you or me, and Ma
dame desires Mary to bring down Jeff. Da
vis.
"Bring down Jeff. Davis," says Madame,
"be lroks so wicked gentlemen, I thought
I'd call him Jeff. Davis; and Mary, while
you're about it. bring Irish Molly and Bal
timore Pet."
1 suggest that, naming a child Jeff. Da
vis just now, is like turning a cur into the
street nnd shouting mad dog!
Mndamo had no doubt, however, but
some"' Union loving father will give a moro
honored name to the waif.
"I have one little rascal eleven months
old, who steals all tho pap he can get his
hands on. T call him Floyd. Unless he's
woll brought up, he'll be hanged to n cer
tainty. Uhl hero's Jeff. Where s Balti
more Pet, Mary ?''
"lie am t in tbo nursery, mum, L guess
e's a crawlin up the nllic steps. I've
brought Floyd and Molly." And now
tho sccno becomes exciting.
Jeff. Davis is a very weak antr sickly
baby, with evident mnrks of having been'
brought up (like "Pip"), by hand. Ma
dame admits baring 6mnll hopo of his liv
I
to
fld
in
in
to
is
ing long. Jeff, is, as she feelingly observes
a losing investment, Poor little fellow
he seems to have a stont heart iu his little
.blue pinched body, and he tries to get up
a laugh as though he didn't care, 1 don't
like to look at him, and I turn my atten
tion to Irish Molly, who doubles her tiny
fists and shows her Milesian origin by evi
dent figbling ability. "This child is per
fectly formed all over her namo is Irish
Molly. She howls vehemently, "cause
she is tuttin her tootsey pegs," says the
small servant, (who seems really attached
to the children.) Molly and Jeff, are re
moved, and Floyd (in whom I at once de
tect a resemblance to a friend of mine, an
army contractor,) is set on end on the car
pet, and is left to exhibit his sturdy limbs,
while Madamo expatiates on bis merits.
See what a splendid head this child has;
bis name is r lovd.
"The image of you, sir; would pass any
where for your own. I m sure your wife
would be delighted with him. He's had
the measles they came out beautifully
has been vaccinated, nnd is as healthy as a
prince. Do I ever bavo trouble with sick
children? Ob, yes; children require great
care. It is ray interest, if nothing else,
to nurse them, I cannot sell sick children ;
you see, I never receive children with in
herited diseases, and for simple complaints
it is so much pleasantcr to nurso a child
ana sell it to tnose wno n treat it wen,
than to "duck it into an ash barrel.
"Into an ash barrel !"
"Yes. There are some children left at
my door I wouldn't have at any price
ono left last night, I sent right off to tho
Doorhouse. It don't pay to take that
kind."
"Do you lose many!''
"No; not many. I never lost but one;
he must bavo crawled away I never could
hnd him.
"I mean do many dio on your bands ?"
"Very few. I generally send them to
the poorhouse for bunal.
"Un tho whole, how do you succeed? '
"Very well. I bavo as much custom
in my different . occupations, as I can at
tend to alone. Bui, gentlemen, my time
is somewhat preoccupied to-day. If nei
ther Brooklyn Heights nor Floyd will suit
your purpose, you can see all tuo rest in
the nursery.
Let us enter ihe "nursery.
We enter, and instantly a dozen pairs of-
round, shadowless eyes are turned on us,
and twelve fine babies begin to "take no
tice, with all their might, ihe children
look fat, happy and contented, and as
well circumstanced, as far as present needs
aro concerned, as any children in Christen
dom: The linen surrounding ihcm is clean
and plentiful; the room warm and well
ventilated, and there is plenty of milk and
farinaceous food in sight.
We inspect tho babies! And as both
you and I have had tbe advantage of the
experience that is to be gained at a slave
auction, wo manage the inspection with
an ability that attracts the surprise of the
mistress of the nursery Madame again
calls, our attention to Brooklyn Heights.
We acknowledge that Brooklyn Heights
is the successful candidate for our parental
affection,
Madame fixes the price of Brooklyn at
fifty dollars, "and he'd bo a bargain at
that. I've kept him back for some time
as T want him to go among nice people.
Some come much higher; there's Japhet
now; I send him off to Orange county to
morrow. Two hundred and fiftv 'dollars
Japhet brought me, and he's worth every
cent of it."
Lucky Japhet !
Further reflections are cut short by Ma
dame:
"Well, sir, shall I cousider Brooklyn
Heights your, property !"
"lou may, Madame, I will call for him
this evening with a market basket."
"Uotne before six o clock tnen, gentle
men, as I have a lady to attend, from whom
expect an addition to my stock."
Promising to be punctual, nnd with mu
tual assurances of satisfaction, wo bow
ourselves out.
I
Pacific Slope Correspondence.
CARSON CITY, Jan, 30, 1862.
am
an overland journey. Should tho experi
ence of the future bo like tho past, I shall
mve grown old before reaching homo.
Lleft Sacramento, Jan. 11th, have traveled
144 miles of tho 2,030 miles, I have to
travel and live wilh tho expectation of ma
king more rapid progress. I had expected
furnish your readers with the unvarnish-
history of stock growing and ngricnlture
California, but my time has been so en
gaged that I have not been able to do so;
fact, lilllo can be'said of a flattering na
ture, and it is an unpleasant task to write
facts whero they do not accord with tbe
statojnenls of others, and when I know I
am stating what every Californian will con
demn me for. They act on tho supposition
that "truth should not at all times be
spoken," nnd as this has been nn unusual
and destructive year, they do not want ono
word uttered that would discourage emi-
gration. With ono voico they nre loud in
extelling the beauty of country, climate,
soil and stock of their new home, and
whilst I can discover there is a smothered
disposition to escape to tho Slates, they-j
claim for that Htnio an mar, ueari couia
wish". Still duty compels mo to present
tho facts.
When wo oontemplale tho advantages
fnrming, in comparison with Ohio, the
latter is far in ndvance, nnd always will ba.
The grass in California, begins to start
from tho first to the last of January, grow
ing very luxuriantly and rapidly while un
der tho influence of,Spring rains, and until
tbe first of April, and- which time it ceases
grow, and turns into a dry hay; thus it
remains for three months. On tbe moun
tains and foot hills', it is very sweet, nnd
calletLbaHeb grass, and never springs
from tbo root, ut always from the.'seed,
excepting in tjvalleys, where there is a
very sligbVfoplh'of soil. And slipul j the
grass be cutbeforo it, has shed its-seed, for
three to four'years, ih'are must ba a very
spare supply, for as 60n na tbe sua strikes
as
of
of
he
off
-..
a
nn
the earth, after the spring raius are over,
the roots nre burned nnd destroyed, and
all that is left u tbo seed to spring forth
another year. There is much nutriment
in tho grass while standing for tbreo
months after it ceases to grow, though for
two months, whilo growing, cattle and
sheep hate become like grain fed, fat, and
on the dry grass they hold their flesh, so
that uniil the first of August they are fit
for the butcher and table, and from tho
first of November they becomo reduced ex
ceedingly low iu flesh. From November
to the first of January they have nothing
to do but struggle with hunger and starva
tion. During these three months twenty
per cent of stock is lost. This statement
is for tho usual seasons, and is derived
from old settlers.
I may be allowed to slate 'what I bavo
seen during my journey here. Hundreds,
if not thousands, of cattle, I have seen
floating down tho Sacramento Eiver, while
passing them huddled together on so mo
dry hill, I have seen them, ten at ono time,
fall and expire. It is said they died from
being chilled to death. I am free to ad
mit that the cold rains are destructive to.
cattle. I know, though, they would stand
any weather I have seen, provided they
were not previously starved. Tho few cat
tle which looked as though they might
live, looked harder than any stoek I ever
before witnessed in my travels. Over the
bodies of many were pulrid running-sores.
Many times I have attempted to eat tho
meat, on tho table, but could not, and have
not, to any extent, sines leaving San Fran
cisco, where I had at tho International
Hotel, the best of beef and mutton. Never
bavo -I been so sick of any sight in the
stock JIno as in seeing the cattle of Cal
ifornia, dragging themselves arcund. It
is cruel. From what I havo seen I may
conclude they must havo fallen in vast
numbers beforo tho freezing blasts and
storms, against which no sheltering is pro
vided. I bavo in former letters said all I dared
to, though not all tho truth, of the deprav
ity of Californiass. I sco in this picture
before me as welcs all other branches,
that men will degrade themselves ia not
providing shelter and food for their stock;
sec, too, that men have tho impression
that all which is required is to procure tho
largest number possible, and that necessa:
ry food grows spontaneously. This is not
true. No stock can be taken through the
winter with safety, short of three months
feeding, in any part of this Slato. Sheep
north of Sanfrancisco will require food for
four month?, if healthy wool or good mut
ton is desirable.
Traveling here satisfies one that "it is
not all gold that glitters," and that "dis
tance lends enchantment to the view."
It has been claimed for this State that it
must far excel Australia, as awool grow
ing country. It shows what is true, that
many becomo infatuated with now thiDgs.
Western Texas Is far in advance of Cali
fornia as a wool growing State. Either
aro too. much subject to coast storms to al
ow sheep to range with safety, without
shelter. Wool growing, to prove success
ful in California, must be conducted on
another system than the present. Tbey
must provide shelter during the cold storms
and prepare food for winter mouths. As
California will not be likely to do this, we
may safely conclude that the large quanti
ties of wool, which were expected from
this Western Coast, will not be produced.
Sheep growing ha3 been prosecuted, thus
far wilh reference to mutton exclusively.
Few fine wool sheep are scattered through
the State. Many crosses have been mado
with the old Mexican or Spanish sheep.
Stock growers would derive great advan
tage if they were to pay more attention .
to wool growing. Mutton sheep are now
cheaper than in the States, and farmers
are discouraged with the small returns
tbey aro receiving. This, remark may ap
ply with equal force to ever)' description
of stock growing; with the exception of
the best class of road horses, which still
bring a largo price. The number of
sheep in this State is nearly 1,000,000,
producing 4,000,000 pounds of unwashed
wool. The fleeces nro very light when
washed. Like cattle, sheep do well on
Mountain or Bunch Grass, whilo it is
tender or green : but it will require .1 largo
extent of territory to pasture 1000 sheep,
they destroy it effectually that it pre
vents tho grass from taking seed for an
other year, leaving tbe mountains unpro
ductive. This will form ono of tho great
drawbacks of wool growing; in addition
to which, tho climate is changeable. Tho
sumraer'months arc warm, producing light
fleeces. During tho winter, rain storms
nro prevalent; although the weather, is ex- -tremely
warm on tho foot hills and valleys,
(compared to that on the high mountains)
sheop becomo chilled, diseased, and expire,
with the attention
S. N. G.
Singular Optical Illusions.
Tho Paris correspondent of the New Yor
Times says that a gentleman living in
Brussols, somewhat troubled with cobwebs .
and spots in his eyes, rubbed them one
night with a few drops of extract of-bella-dona.
In tho morning the cobwebs had
gone, but tho whole outerlaca of tho world
had changed. His newspaper, which had
been placed by his bedside, was composed
typo so small that ho could hardly deci
pher it. He rang the boll, and his stout
servant wench bad shrunk into a little girl
ton years old. Ho got up in a great
fright, nndjjooked after his clothes they
woro tho-garmanta of a child, but nshis
own limbs had .diminished in proportion,
got into llfem. Ho found his wife and
chlidren at Iho table, the former a dwarf,
and tha latter n row of dqlts. Ho 'hurried
to his physician; tho horses ha met
looked like dog?. Tho dogs liki rats.
Everything was Lilliput and Oiwerella.'
.' 3 i- i.'. .i 'aftA-.?. '
Liotion were nppncu to tuo vwj
nnd the next day Brebdignni
bringing back tho cobwebs nnd. spot
This phenomenon, called. micropic, does
not seem to have occurred mora tbau half
dozen times, though it may be brought
til win n v inn h mn nvmant fir rnna
substances.